Talking to fellow cannabis growers about their techniques for growing ganja is something I truly enjoy. Much like elite chefs producing delicious exotic meals, master growers have developed their own unique styles and techniques to produce their fab cannabis. Every elite grower is doing something slightly different and the opportunity to hear and see how they grow is a great personal joy.
After a few years of growing experience a person will develop their own recipe for soil preparation and nutrient feeding. These recipes have been developed from their own trial and error. Some people prefer bat guano and others prefer worm castings to juice their soil. If both growers sit down at a vapor lounge together they’ll heatedly debate bat guano vs worm castings.
A debate may break out on whether to trim cannabis fan leaves or to leave cannabis fan leaves on. I used to trim my fan leaves just as the plant was to enter flowering to get more light to potential bud sites. Then I stopped doing that and just tucked the leaves behind the branches to avoid stressing the plant.
To stress or not to stress is a great topic…
Working in a legal environment has created an opportunity to potentially test all kinds of theories we have about growing cannabis. Plant traceability allows a licensed producer to follow the plant from the moment the seed pops to its end harvest.
Instead of determining just what produces the best rate of germination, we may find out cannabis seeds germinated in a paper towel have less vigor than those started in a cup of water. Or seeds in a jiffy cube had a better yield. I’m just throwing these ideas out there.
Unfortunately, old school growers haven’t written much of their valuable information down. For the most part, all their experience remains in their head, untested, and this is why I like to speak with growers. You learn things like how to use a hole punch on containers to create a loop for roping a plant down in the early stages of veg growth.
There are growers who do excellent journaling, but they are few and far between. Even breeders can be terrible at tracking their plants. Some have their lineages written on scraps of paper or other less-than-secure ways to maintain the data.
Strain specific grow journals are valuable resources. When choosing a cannabis variety to grow, I suggest you do a grow journal search. Usually strain specific grow journals are found on forums. Before investing money in cannabis seeds, see if you can find a grow journal or two.
Watch strain specific YouTube videos to get an understanding of how the plant grows. Does it like to be topped or left alone? This is very important information because some love to be topped and others do not.
Growers may have also developed methodologies that work for them, but don’t seem to replicate in other people’s grow rooms. Strain specific grow journals and videos, grow columns like this one, and advice from fellow growers are just a few ideas on how to approach your own personal grow.
– Matt Mernagh
Matt Mernagh is the author of The Marijuana Smoker’s Guidebook from Green Candy Press and is employed by Peace Naturals as their marketing, communication and product specialist. Mernagh is the only Canadian ever to be granted a court exemption to grow his own Cannabis. This blog is personal opinion.
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